National Republican., 1887-02-14

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bring you glad tidings OF great. joy, which
shall be to all people; for to-day is born In the
city n.y. q & David Saviour which is Christ, the
The second installment paid for our soul's
clearance was the scene In Quarantania,
mountainous region full of caverns, where
there are to this day panthers and wild beasts
OF all sorts; SO that you must now, the trav-
eler says, go there armed with knife or gun or
pistol. II was there that Jesus went TO think
and pray. and 1t was there that this monster OF
hell, more sly, more terrific than anything that
prowled in that country-Satau himself-met
Christ. The rose 10 the cheek OF Christ-that
Publlus Lentulus. in his letter to tho Roman
senate, ascribed to Jesus-that rose had scat
tered its petals. Abstinence from food had
thrown him into emaciatiOn. The longest ab-
is that of the crew of the ship Juno; for twenty
three days they had nothing TO eat But this
sufferer had tasted month and ten days be-
fore He broke fast
hunger must have agonized every liberof the
body and gnawed on the stomach with teeth
OF death. The thought of a morsel OF bread or
meat must have thrilled the body with some-
thing like ferocity Turn out pack of men
hungry as Christ was a'hungered, and Il they
had strength, with one yell they would devour
You as lion would kid. 1t was In that pang
OF hunger that Jesus was accosted and Satan
said: "Now change these, stones, which look
like bread into an actual supply Of bread"
Had the temptation come to you or me under
''Brcad 1t shall be p and been almost impatient
at the time taken for mastication; but Christ
with one hand beat back the hunger, and
with With the other hand beat back back the
Christ was tempted. We are told that Napoleon
ordered a coat of mail made; but he was not
,He n y Was So
"Put II on yourself and let us try It," And
with shot after shot from his own pistol the
emIeror found out that II was Just what az Il pre-,
man received large reward. bless God that
the same coat OF mail that struck back tho
weapons ofttmptation from The heart of Christ
we may all now wear for Jesus comes aud
says 81 have been tempted, and know what
y Is to be tempted. Take this robe that de;
Tended Me and wear 1t for yourselves. Will
see you through oil trials. and will see you
through all temptation"
But" says Satan still fu rther to Jesus
Come, and will show you something worth
looking at, and after half days Journey
| they came to Jerusalem, and to the top of the
temple. Just as one might go up in the tower
OF Antwerp, and look Oft upon Belgium, so
Satan brought Christ to the top Of the temple:
Some people at a great height feel dizzy, and
have strange disposition to jump, so Satau
| comes to Christ with powerful temptation in
that very crisis, Standing there az the top q
of country. Grain fields, vine.
streams cattle in the valley, focks on
Now" SAYS Satan, ',iIi make a bargain. Just
| Jump of. I know 1t is a great way from the
| top OF the temple to the valley, but II you are
You. % Angels viii catch You. Your Father viii
| hold you. Besides, III make you large pres
ent II you will. IN give you Asia Minor, III
bdpa pSa Eys S5S SGq GSip i've m gSS
Spain, IN give you Germany, ~ lglye YOU
Britain, III give you all the worli.' What a
| humiliation II must have beenl
Go tomorrow morning and get In an alter
cation with some wretch crawling up from a
| gin cellar in the fourth ward, New York,
hhS would 19f 9smSa1 myself
what the King of heaven aud earth endured
when He came down and fought that great
wretch Of hell, aud fought him in tho wilder
| ness and on the top of the temple, But bless
| God that In that triumph over temptation
| Christ gives, us the assurance that We also
shan triumph. Having Himself bgen tempted
| He Is able to succor all those who are tempted.
in violent storm az sea the mate told a boy
| for the rigging had become eutangled In the
mast1to go up ana right u. a gentleman
| boy uf; he will be dashed TO death" Tue
mate said ~ know what am about" The
| boy raised his hat in recognition of the order,
work; and as he swung in the storm the pls-
sengers wrIlng their hands and expected 10 see
him fall, The work done he como down in
safety, snd Christian MAJ man said to him
castle before you went up?' "Ah," said the
| boy, 81 went down to pray. motheralwavs
t'I to pIiay.' What is that you have il your
yest?" said the man. "'oh, that is the New
Testament" he said. ~ thought ! woull
carry 1t with me II ! really did go overheard"
| How well was that boy protected! lcare not
| how great the height or how vast the depth,
with Christ within us, and Christ beneath us,
| and Christ above us, and Christ all around us,
| nothing shall beiall us In the way Of harm,
Christ himself having been 10 the tempest
win deliver all those who put their trust In
| Him. Blessed be his glorious name forever
The third installment paid for our redemp'
ton was the SaYiour's sham trial, l call II a